Colonial Hotel, Springfield (Missouri, USA)
Mailed in 1963 with a 4-cent stamp and two postmarks, the card’s poignant message is if anything overshadowed by the history of the hotel itself. For the full story go to “the library dot org” (we don’t like to create links) and see the blow-by-blow description. The building came down in November 1997. As for the card? Grade: 1